Did you see my reply? I said to skip the XFree86-bin-icons package as a work-around or to delete a particular file. Please read the reply and let me know if it helps:
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2003-10/msg00332.html
Also, you want the XFree86-startup-scripts package, and you want to use startxwin.bat to start XWin.exe. Please see the following User's Guide section:
http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html#using-starting-bat
Hope that helps,
Harold
Paul Thomas wrote:
Hello once more,
The problem with the XFree85 install is associated with the XFree-bin-icons package. If I eliminate that from the list of packages, I get a sufficiently complete installation that I can at least run Nedit. XWin still produces a background and nothing else.
Yours
Paul Thomas
Hello,
I have been trying to load XFree86 for Cygwin, using the Cygwin web installation. I have a Compaq Athlon 1700 based machine, running Windows XP home edition.
Cygwin itself is fine. All components run perfectly, except XFree86 and anything that depends on it. The download ends in a message that it is unable to find file ""; pressing OK gets the installation underway but it then hangs at varying points in the installation. I have uninstalled before each attempt. Also, when I shut down Windows, the post-install programme is still running and has to be stopped. Invoking XWin, with any combination of arguments results in the background coming up but nothing else.
What should I do? Try downloading and installing from hard disk?
Thank you in advance for any advice that you can give me.
Paul Thomas